Clinical Careers

Tuesday, February 24, 1:30-2:45, Interview with Dr. Chelsey Wooten, Ms. Bacak, Ms. Stokes-Batts on Social Work

Ms. Brittany Bacak

Ms. Bacak is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Social Work from Texas State University. Her practice experience focuses in working within acute medical care settings with those undergoing mental health crisis or coping with a variety of psycho-social stressors including those related to financial or housing instability, substance abuse, neglect, physical and sexual assaults and/or abuse, and families of patients having undergone a trauma or critical life events. Ms. Bacak enjoys helping students apply social work theories and skills in practice settings.  

Ms. Stacy Stoke-Batts

BSW & MSW Lecturer, School of Social Work, Texas State University 

Advisor, Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society – Alpha Chi Chapter, Texas State University 

Advisor/Founder, The Echoes A Cappella Group, Texas State University 

Chelsey Wooten, PhD, LPC

Dr. Wooten has been serving at Texas State University since 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Instruction and Master of Social Work (MSW) Program Director at Texas State University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of the Arts in Sociology from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, in 2014. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Counseling where she specialized in Forensic Psychology from Adler University located in Chicago, IL, in 2017. Dr. Wooten completed her Ph.D. in Social Work from Louisiana State University in December 2022 where she specialized in Child and Family Studies. Her clinical areas of interest include a decade’s worth of practice experience in mental health, advocacy, and crisis intervention arenas serving as a victim’s advocate, crisis intervention specialist, and clinical therapist. Dr. Wooten’s research interests include using mixed methodologies to examine the interactions between marginalized groups and institutional systems (e.g., criminal legal system, the military, law enforcement, academia); as well as the effectiveness of trauma-informed and culturally sensitive interventions that aim to address race-related issues, racial and social traumas, posttraumatic stress disorder, disparities within institutional, forensic, and military spaces. Additionally, Dr. Wooten examines the impact of adverse experiences on the mental health and well-being of individuals from a holistic perspective on a micro (individual and family) and macro (policy) level with an interest in the auxiliary areas of her work including immigration, religiosity, and law enforcement.

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